2025 Taiwan Recall Vote Results: Opposition Lawmakers Retain Seats

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Taipei, July 26 (CNA) This is CNA's live update on Saturday's recall votes targeting 24 opposition Kuomintang (KMT) lawmakers and suspended Hsinchu Mayor Ann Kao.

Polls were open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., with results expected later today. Another seven KMT lawmakers are set to face recall votes on Aug. 23.

The campaign, launched by civil groups and backed by the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), aims to reshape Taiwan's Legislature, where the KMT and the smaller opposition Taiwan People's Party (TPP) currently hold a majority.

The 113-seat Legislature is made up of 52 KMT members, 51 from the DPP, eight from the TPP, and two independents aligned with the KMT. Kao, who was suspended over fraud allegations, resigned from the TPP last August.

Vote counting is still underway, but after an hour, the 'disagree' votes are leading in most districts.

Recall groups announced that the recall motion against Huang Chien-pin had failed to pass.

KMT lawmakers Wang Hung-wei, Lai Shyh-bao, Liao Wei-hsiang, Huang Chien-hao, Fu Kun-chi, Niu Hsu-ting, Tu Chuan-chi, Lo Chih-chiang, Lu Ming-che, and Lo Ting-wei declared that the recall votes against them failed to pass.

Based on Central Election Commission figures and the number of polling stations yet to report, only Yeh Yuan-chih is at risk of being recalled.

One of the conditions for the recalls to succeed was that at least 25 percent of eligible voters in an electoral district support the recall. As of 5:55 p.m., that threshold had only been met in the cases of lawmakers Wang Hung-wei, Hsu Chiao-hsin, Lo Ting-wei, and Fu Kun-chi.

According to the source: Focus Taiwan.